A gigantic map of all the cool plaques in the world. A project of 99% Invisible.

Flying Toasters

Flying Toasters 2095 Rose St. On this spot, starting in 1989, the original flying toaster factory operated. Millions of aerial bread-warming ma- chines flew from, this location to comput-...

  • toaster
  • flying toaster
  • after dark
  • screen saver

Northern Outfall Sewer

On the side of the bridge over Abbey Creek. The text on the plaque is "Metropolitan Board of Works / Northern Outfall Sewer / Constructed 1862-63 / John Thwaites Esqr Chairman / J W...

  • sewer
  • 1862
  • 1863

Whose Anchor Was This?

Submitted by @Ritterton

    Tavares Strachan, 'Belong/Brooklyn'

    TAVARES STRACHAN Belong/Brooklyn, 2021 You Belong Here White neon, sintra, transformers 44' 2" L x 14' 8" Η Brooklyn is the vibrant center of New York City, a refuge for explorers and...

    • new york
    • brooklyn
    • atlantic center
    • barclays center
    • prospect heights
    • park slope
    • art
    • 2021

    Mission San Xavier Del Bac

      Hiram S. Stevens House

        Fr. Eusebio Kino

          Jacob Schneider

            The Cannery Loop Trail

              Putah Creek Settlements

              • davisville
              • davis
              • grizzly-covered
              • hamel

              Col. Joesph B. Chiles, Jerome C. Davis, Putah Creek Holdings

              • hamel

              Werer's Granary Carpenter's Shed, and Blacksmith Shop

                In Commemoration of the Treaty Between Great Britain and the Russian Empire

                Submitted by @Ritterton

                  Family Library Table

                  FAMILY LIBRARY TABLE 1995 BY ROLANDO BRISEÑO AN ORIGINAL WORK COMMISSIONED BY THE CITY OF NEW YORK PERCENT FOR ART PROGRAM AND THE BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY RICHARD DATTNER, ARCHITECT Submitted by @lampbane

                  • new york
                  • brooklyn
                  • art
                  • brooklyn pub...
                  • richard dattner
                  • 1995

                  Stuart Davis

                  STUART DAVIS (1392-1964) ON THIS SITE, THE AMERICAN ARTIST STUART DAVIS MAINTAINED HIS STUDIO AND RESIDENCE FROM 1934 ΤΟ 1954. IT WAS HERE THAT HE PAINTED MANY OF HIS MOST IMPORTANT...

                  • new york
                  • manhattan
                  • west village
                  • stuart davis
                  • 1934
                  • 1954
                  • 1998